Events

September at the Monastery Gardens

Donations! This week’s recipients of corn, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, garlic, summer squash and zucchini are the Capital Area Food Bank, Community Immaculate Heart of Mary, Little Sisters of the Poor and the Franciscan Monastery kitchen (for the friars). On Sept. 8, we donated 490 pounds of food to DC Central Kitchen. Gardening hours – no more evening hours (it’s

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Honey Harvesting is Here!

Honey Harvesting on Saturday, May 20, 2017 9:30 a.m.-12 noon & 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m. We have Monastery honey! Sign up now for one of our popular honey harvesting workshops! The cost is $25 per person, or per couple or parent/child. That includes a bottle of freshly bottled Monastery honey. Space is limited. Register online (new!) or

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Restore the Greenhouse!

Our Lord and Burnham greenhouse is over 100 years old and needs significant repair to replace the windows and fix leaking and crumbling walls. Help expand our food donation program and preserve history. The cost for the next phase of restoration is $180,400. A restored greenhouse will help the volunteer Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild expand

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